Quotas for women in politics: gender and candidate selection reform worldwide
Auteur :
Krook, Mona Lena
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195375671
Date de publication :
23 avr. 2009
Dimensions :
15,5 x 23,4 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
558 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In recent years, parties and legislatures in more than 100 countries have adopted quotas for the selection of female candidates to political office. This book addresses quotas as a global phenomenon and develops a framework for explaining their adoption and mixed effects on the numbers of women elected.